03292nam 22006254a 450 991045843590332120200520144314.01-280-84549-X0-19-804014-81-4294-0279-2(CKB)1000000000402878(EBL)272302(OCoLC)476010115(SSID)ssj0000203254(PQKBManifestationID)11173173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203254(PQKBWorkID)10258729(PQKB)10200875(MiAaPQ)EBC272302(Au-PeEL)EBL272302(CaPaEBR)ebr10215782(CaONFJC)MIL84549(OCoLC)71801474(EXLCZ)99100000000040287820050720d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMinds on trial[electronic resource] great cases in law and psychology /Charles Patrick Ewing and Joseph T. McCannOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (303 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-518176-X Includes bibliographical references and index.George Metesky : profiling the "Mad Bomber" -- Lee Harvey Oswald : the formative years of an assassin -- Patricia Hearst : uncommon victim or common criminal? -- The Guilford Four : "you did it, so why not confess?" -- Prosenjit Poddar and Tatiana Tarasoff : where the public peril begins -- Dan White : the myth of the twinkie defense -- Cameron Hooker : judging the experts? -- John W. Hinckley, Jr. : shooting for the stars -- Judas Priest : a message in the music -- John Demjanjuk : is he "Ivan the Terrible?" -- The U.S.S. Iowa : equivocating on death -- Jeffery Dahmer : serial murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism -- Woody Allen and Mia Farrow : a swing of King Solomon's sword -- Gary and Holly Ramona : recovered memories or false allegations? -- Colin Ferguson : a fool for a client? -- Ralph Tortorici : a question of competence -- Mike Tyson : predicting violence of a professional fighter -- Daryl Atkins : mental retardation, decency, and the death penalty -- Andrea Yates : an American tragedy -- Michael Kantaras : what makes a man a man?Details 20 court cases that turned, at least in part, on the expertise of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. This casebook also includes cases involved in psychological issues such as: insanity, criminal profiling, capital punishment, competence to stand trial, infanticide, domestic violence, false confessions and psychological autopsies.Forensic psychologyUnited StatesCasesForensic psychiatryUnited StatesCasesInsanity (Law)United StatesCasesElectronic books.Forensic psychologyForensic psychiatryInsanity (Law)614/.15Ewing Charles Patrick1949-865455McCann Joseph T939891MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458435903321Minds on trial2119111UNINA